'The Big Island Model': Resident experiences of a novel permanent supportive housing model for responding to rural homelessness.

Research on rural homelessness focuses primarily on describing the experiences and prevalence of homelessness in rural contexts, with little focus on intervention strategies. We conducted a case study of the 'Big Island Model' (BIM), a novel approach to providing housing and support to individuals experiencing homelessness that has been developed for, and reflects, a rural context. We interviewed 13 participants (n = 10 men; n = 3 women) supported by the BIM using mixed interviews including qualitative and quantitative components exploring experiences of living within this model and aspects of psychosocial well-being.

Experiences of children growing up with a parent who has military-related post-traumatic stress disorder: a qualitative systematic review.

Objective: The objective of this review is to describe the experiences of children growing up in military families with a parent who has military-related post-traumatic stress disorder.

Introduction: Whether serving as a peacekeeper or warrior, military service is both physically and psychologically demanding, increasing exposures to potentially traumatic and morally injurious events and threats to personal safety. Those who have served in the military are at increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, which includes symptoms such as emotional numbing, withdrawal, and hyperarousal.

Promoting Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care: A Multi-Site Collaboration to Improve Outcomes with Pneumonia, Falls, Bacteriuria and Behavioural Issues in Dementia.

The Bridges to Care for Long-Term Care research project aimed to facilitate improvements in outcomes for long-term care residents through the provision of knowledge-to-practice and quality improvement resources by trained facilitators. Point-of-care staff reported improved communication and collaboration, improved use of scope of practice and implementation of best practice knowledge. Overall, participating long-term care homes demonstrated an enhanced capacity for common care issues of the elderly (pneumonia, falls, bacteriuria and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia) and the ability to effectively engage in quality improvement processes with efficient and effective use of healthcare resources.

Experiences of children exposed to parental post-traumatic stress disorder while growing up in military and veteran families: a systematic review protocol.

The objective of this review is to understand how parental Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) might impact children growing up in military and veteran families. The following question will guide and inform the review: What is the experience of children growing up in military families where the military or veteran parent is living with post-traumatic stress disorder?

Pilot Testing an Intervention on Cultural Safety and Indigenous Health in a Canadian Occupational Therapy Curriculum.

First-year Canadian occupational therapy students (n=27) rated their knowledge of and cultural/emotional responses to cultural safety and Indigenous health prior to and following an educational intervention led by a trained Indigenous educator. At post-intervention, students were also asked to comment on their learning experience. Pilot data of 40% of the class were analyzed using nonparametric approaches proposed by Koller and colleagues; qualitative data were explored using conventional methods.

Promoting quality improvement in long-term care: a multi-site collaboration to improve outcomes with pneumonia, falls, bacteriuria and behavioural issues in dementia.

The Bridges to Care for Long-Term Care research project aimed to facilitate improvements in outcomes for long-term care residents through the provision of knowledge-to-practice and quality improvement resources by trained facilitators. Point-of-care staff reported improved communication and collaboration, improved use of scope of practice and implementation of best practice knowledge. Overall, participating long-term care homes demonstrated an enhanced capacity for common care issues of the elderly (pneumonia, falls, bacteriuria and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia) and the ability to effectively engage in quality improvement processes with efficient and effective use of healthcare resources.

The effectiveness of audio-tactile lane-marking in reducing various types of crash: a review of evidence, template for evaluation, and preliminary findings from Australia.

Audio-tactile lane-marking (ATLM) is designed to alert inattentive drivers when they deviate from their lane. Most commonly used previously to mark the edges of divided freeways, it is increasingly used to mark the edge and/or centre of two-lane undivided roads. We present a detailed review of ATLM evaluations to demonstrate that although both edge- and centreline ATLM appear to be effective, evaluations have been flawed insofar as they have (1) often not controlled adequately for variations due to extraneous factors known to affect crash incidence; (2) often focussed on total crashes, or on inattention-related crashes, and failed to address the possibility that ATLM increases some crash-types (particularly crashes involving two-wheeled vehicles, out-of-control crashes, or crashes on the opposite side of the lane to which the ATLM is installed); (3) almost always related to the milled-in "rumble strips" employed in the US rather than the raised profile lane-marking (PLM) that is employed in Australia.

Beliefs and behaviours relevant to the road safety effects of profile lane-marking.

Audio-tactile lane-marking (ATLM) is designed to alert inattentive drivers when they deviate from their lane, and appears to reduce crashes. Research into cognitive-behavioural mechanisms underlying, or possibly undermining, the efficacy of ATLM, is limited. We surveyed 775 randomly selected drivers (42% female, up to 75+ years) regarding the profile line-marking (PLM) employed in Australia (and in some European countries).

The effects of mobile phone use on pedestrian crossing behaviour at signalized and unsignalized intersections.

Research amongst drivers suggests that pedestrians using mobile telephones may behave riskily while crossing the road, and casual observation suggests concerning levels of pedestrian mobile-use. An observational field survey of 270 females and 276 males was conducted to compare the safety of crossing behaviours for pedestrians using, versus not using, a mobile phone. Amongst females, pedestrians who crossed while talking on a mobile phone crossed more slowly, and were less likely to look at traffic before starting to cross, to wait for traffic to stop, or to look at traffic while crossing, compared to matched controls.